νηστεία

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A fast, νηστεῖαι καὶ ὁρταί Hdt.4.186, cf. LXXIs.1.13, Str. 16.2.40, Act.Ap.27.9; νηστείην φέρειν Hp.Aph.1.13; νηστείας ὄζειν (cf. νῆστις 1.2) Arist.Pr.908b12; at Athens, name for the third day of the Thesmophoria, Ath.7.307f, Alciphr.3.39, cf. PCair.Zen.350.5 (iii B.C.).